`FORCIBLE RAPE`

**`DEFINITION`**
`Forcible Rape, by UCR definition, it the carnal knowledge of a person forcibly or against that person’s will, or when a victim is mentally or physically incapable of giving consent. Attempts to commit rape are included in this category. One offense is counted for each victim of rape. Statutory rapes and other types of sexual assaults are not counted as rape under the UCR program.`

2000 SUMMARY

There were 1,650 forcible rapes reported in the 2000 crime index. During this year, rapes decreased 4.1 percent compared to those reported in 1999.

The number of forcible rapes committed per 10,000 persons was 4.1 statewide. The rate per 10,000 females was 8.0, based on a state female population estimate of 2,063,000, as of April 1, 2000.

Of all persons arrested for rape, 70.2 percent were 34 years of age or younger. With regard to race, 39.5 percent were white, 59.9 percent were black, and 0.7 percent were other races.

Of the total rapes reported in 2000, approximately 11.2 percent were attempted.

Victims were known to have been using alcohol at the time of the offense in 10.1 percent of the cases, drugs in 0.8 percent, and alcohol and drugs in 2.0 percent.

Offenders were known to have been using alcohol at the time of the offense in 13.7 percent of the cases, drugs in 0.7 percent, and alcohol and drugs in 2.3 percent.

The relationships of victims to offenders within the family represented 16.1 percent of the total, outside the family but known to the victim 58.7 percent, strangers 16.1 percent, and unknown relationships 9.1 percent.

2000 RAPE VICTIMS BY AGE, SEX, RACE

Age Group	Total	White Female	Black Female	Other/ Unknown *	White Male	Black Male
Infant	0	0	0	0	0	0
01 – 04	24	9	14	0	1	0
05 – 09	85	33	50	1	1	0
10 – 16	533	274	248	2	7	2
17 – 21	320	183	133	3	1	0
22 – 24	116	72	44	0	0	0
25 – 34	278	158	117	3	0	0
35 – 44	193	105	85	2	1	0
45 – 54	76	45	31	0	0	0
55 – 64	14	7	7	0	0	0
65 – 99	11	8	3	0	0	0
Unknown	3	0	2	1	0	0
State Total	1653	894	734	12	11	2

NOTE: The victim counts shown here have not been subjected to the "hierarchy rule" (explained elsewhere); therefore, all victims linked to this offense type are counted.

2000 RAPE VICTIMS BY AGE GROUP	2000 RAPE VICTIMS BY RACE AND SEX

White females accounted for 54 percent of rape victims in 2000, 56 percent of these were 21 years of age or younger; black females accounted for 44 percent of rape victims, 61 percent of those were 21 years of age or younger.

2000 PERSONS ARRESTED FOR RAPE BY AGE, SEX, RACE

Age Group	Total	White Male	Black Male	Other Male	White Female	Black Female	Other Female
01 – 04	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
05 – 09	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10 – 16	63	12	50	1	0	0	0
17 – 21	134	52	79	1	1	1	0
22 – 24	48	26	22	0	0	0	0
25 – 34	165	64	94	1	2	4	0
35 – 44	126	49	76	1	0	0	0
45 – 54	37	18	19	0	0	0	0
55 – 64	10	6	4	0	0	0	0
65 – 99	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
State Total	585	229	344	4	3	5	0

NOTE: The arrest counts shown here have not been subjected to the "hierarchy rule" (explained elsewhere); therefore, all persons arrested that are linked to this offense type are counted.

2000 PERSONS ARRESTED FOR RAPE BY AGE GROUP	2000 PERSONS ARRESTED FOR RAPE BY RACE AND SEX

Thirty-nine percent of persons arrested for rape in 2000 were white males, 28 percent of those were 21 years of age or younger; 59 percent were black males, 38 percent of those were 21 years of age or younger. White females accounted for 0.5 percent of persons arrested for rape, while black females accounted for 0.9 percent.

1998-2000 RELATIONSHIP OF RAPE VICTIMS TO OFFENDERS

Relationship Of Victim To Offender	Number of Victims 1998	% Distr.	Number of Victims 1999	% Distr.	Number of Victims 2000	% Distr.
Within Family	332	18.5	337	19.6	268	16.2
Spouse	74	4.1	75	4.4	52	3.1
Common-Law Spouse	16	0.9	20	1.2	19	1.1
Parent, Stepparent	8	0.4	4	0.2	5	0.3
Child, Stepchild	94	5.2	92	5.3	75	4.5
Sibling, Stepsib.	30	1.7	34	2.0	23	1.4
Other Family	110	6.1	112	6.5	94	5.7
Known to Victim	1,024	57.0	997	57.9	969	58.6
Acquaintance	897	49.9	886	51.5	846	51.2
Boy/Girlfriend	127	7.1	111	6.4	123	7.4
Stranger	324	18.0	245	14.2	266	16.1
Unknown	117	6.5	143	8.3	150	9.1
State Total	1,797	100.0	1,722	100.0	1,653	100.0

NOTE: The victim counts in this table have not been subjected to the "hierarchy rule" (explained elsewhere), therefore, all victims linked to this offense type are counted. For simplicity, only one relationship category has been counted for each victim. (If there was more than one offender related to a victim, only the relationship "closest" to that victim was counted.)

1998-2000 RAPE BY RELATIONSHIP (Victim to Offender)	1998-2000 RAPE WITHIN FAMILY (Victim to Offender)

1998-2000 RAPE INCIDENT WEAPON DISTRIBUTION

Weapons	1998 Incidents	% Distr.	1999 Incidents	% Distr.	2000 Incidents	% Distr.
Handgun	31	1.8	38	2.3	50	3.1
Shotgun	4	0.2	0	0.0	1	0.1
Rifle	2	0.1	0	0.0	0	0.0
Other Firearm	2	0.1	2	0.1	1	0.1
Knife, Cutting Instr.	69	3.9	62	3.7	56	3.5
Hands, Fists	1,534	86.9	1,447	86.1	1,414	87.3
Other Weapons	45	2.5	50	3.0	31	1.9
Unknown	79	4.5	82	4.9	66	4.1
State Total	1,766	100.0	1,681	100.0	1,619	100.0

NOTE: The incident counts in this table have not been subjected to the "hierarchy rule" (explained elsewhere), therefore, all incidents in this category are counted. For simplicity, only one weapon type has been counted for each incident. (If there was more than one weapon type used in an incident, only the primary weapon - as listed in order in this table - was counted.)

1998-2000

RAPE WEAPON DISTRIBUTION

1998-2000 RAPE INCIDENTS BY PREMISE

Premise	1998 Incidents	% Distr.	1999 Incidents	% Distr.	2000 Incidents	% Distr.
Residences, Apts.	1,247	70.6	1,219	72.5	1,142	70.5
Roads, Parking Lots, etc.	185	10.5	146	8.7	156	9.6
Commercial	50	2.8	42	2.5	36	2.2
Nightclubs, Bars	15	0.8	20	1.2	13	0.8
Hotels, Motels	75	4.2	69	4.1	79	4.9
Convenience Stores, etc.	12	0.7	9	0.5	9	0.6
Schools, Churches	34	1.9	45	2.7	39	2.4
Woods, etc.	77	4.4	72	4.3	79	4.9
Other	71	4.0	59	3.5	66	4.1
State Total	1,766	100.0	1,681	100.0	1,619	100.0

NOTE: The counts in this table have not been subjected to the "hierarchy rule" (explained elsewhere).

1998-2000

RAPE INCIDENTS BY PREMISE